Book-hold.



A. M. DILLON. BOCK HOLD.

' APPLICATI AN. 3 1916. 1,199,058. Patented Sept. 26, 1916.

" TED STATES PA a onaon AGNES M. BILLON, OF TOLEDO, 0H10.

BOOK-HOLD.

Application filed January 3, 1916. Srial No. 69,786.

T0 aZZ wwm it may concem Be it known that I, Aonns M. BILLON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Toiodo, in the COnt of Lucas and State of Uhio, have inve1ited certain new and useful mprovements in Book-Holds; and I do deciare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, snob as wii1 enabio others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reforence being had to the accompanying draW- ings and to the letters and figures of reference 1narked thoreon, nhich forrn a part of this specification.

The Wear and tear of books,especially schoo books and books of ciroulating libraries,-are due principaliy to the contact and abrasion-of the hand,sometimes moist, nhich hoids and presses against the leaves of the open book near their iower inner corners and which aise presses against the back and lids or covors of the book at and near their bottom. Tire economical and sanitary objections to books thus worn and soiled are;

manifest, particularly in public schoois where the books are fnrnished and owned by the public and which are used by sncces sive pnpiis untii Worn ont.

Tho object of the present invention is to overcomo4ar elythe difficulties and objections bore indicated by nrnishing an individual book-hoid Which protects the in side and the outside of the book against contact With the hand Whieh holds the book; which may withont cutting or pasting be readily attached to and detaehed from the book; which is adjnstabie to any ordinary book, and Which when in place serves as a convenient book-mark.

To these ends 1ny invention consists of the dovices hereinafter describd, and shoWn and iliustrated in the accompanying draw ings, in Which 7 Figure 1 is a perspective VieW of a closed bock provided with my dovice; Fig. 2, a like view of a book with one of its lids throWn open to show the manner of retaining in place the back-piece hereinafter referred to; Fig. 3, a view ou: the lower part of a book, open and showing in operative position the thumb-piece hereinafter reerred to; Fig. 4, a pian-view of the biank for said baek-piece, and Fig. 5, a plan-view of' the blank for said thnmb-piece together With the connecting adjusting cord hereinafter referred to. v

Like'numerals of reference indicate like parts thronghout the drawings.

in the drawings, in Fig. 4, is represented a blank 1, which may be of any suitabie ont- 1ine, out through on fines 2 and adapted to be bent or folded on limes 34L5. The cuts 2 form at oneend of the b1ank threefiaps, 6-67.

In Fig-6 is ilhistrated a bank 8, which may be of anysuitable outline, adapted to be Oidd or doubled on line9. Tie two V blanks 1 and 8 may be ormed or any suitable material, preferably thick tongh smooth paper. Th6 blahk 8 is provided with perforations 10 through which is looped a cord 11. This 100p may be'lengthened or shortoned at wiliby s1idi1ig the kriot 12 at the end of the 100p along the cord. The point of the b1ank 1 is o1ded doWr1 on line 5 so that the two perforations 137coincide. The ond of'the cord 11 opposite the 100p is tied in these perforations or otherwise connected 'to the end of the pieoe 1. The fiap 7 is oided over on line 8. The bottom of the backof the book is placed upon this folded flap. Flaps 6 are neXt folded inwardly over the bottom margins of the lids of the book at opposite sides of the baok. The book may now be closed and the baokpiece 1 Wil1 fit against the ]ower part of the back and iidsand Wiii be heid secnreiyin place by means of the fiaps 6 clasped between the and so that the thumb-pieoe fa1is eqnally upon the exposed pages, the device is'ready for use.

It Will 110W be seen that a hand grasping the book in the ordiriary manncr will not tonch the book itself, but the thumb Wi11 rest upon the part 8 and the fi1igers will rest against the part 1, these parts serving as shields Which protect the book in the manner and with the advantages above indicated. r

vVhile I have -hrein shown' and de- Scribed a specific embodiment of my device r for protecting books, as Well as their readers, by means of individual removable bookholds, it must be understood that the inventien is not limited to the mere detafls here set forth, since,wthout departing from the spirit of my invention,modfications of and deviations from this illustrativ form wfl1 noW suggest themselves.

t W111 be understood 'of course that by the terms top, bottom, upper and lower parts of a book is meant these parts of the book When the book 15 in reading p0- siton. r

WVhat I clan1 as my invention and desre t0 secnreby Letters Patent, is

1. In a device of the character described, a protector Whch forme a cover for the lower part of the back and the adjacent cor ners of the lids of abook, means for engaging said cover in operatve position upon the book, a shield for the lower adjacent inner corners of opposed leaves of such bock, and

a cord which connects sad protester and shield.

2. In a device of the descmbed character,

a protector for the lower part of the back corners of the leaves of such bok, a cord' conneetng the protector and the shield, and

means for the adjnstment of the 1ength 01'' the cord.

corners of the sides of a book, and means for detachably secur1ng sa1d protector 1n operat1ve pos1tmn, combmed w1th a shleld for the adjacent lower inner corners of the leaves of such bock, and a device which connects the protector and the shield, and means for the adjustment of the shield rdatively,to

the book and to said protector,

4. In a device of the described chamctcr, a member .which forms a protector adapted to fit the lower part of the back and 1ds of a book, said member havingyflaps for engagement With the lower margins of such lids, ashield for the lower adjacent portions of the leaves of such book, and a flexible extensible connection between such protector and said shield.

in presenee of two wtnesses.

. AGNES M. BILLON.

Nitnesses: y

GERLRDE BRACKER, RHODA KNAGGS.

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Washington, D. G.

; In testmony whereofI afiix my signature 

